Clothes hanger



NOV- 6, i934. A. SCHNEIDER CLOTHES HANGER Filed Aug. l, 1933 INVENTOR- Patented Nov. 6, 1934 CLOTHES HANGER.

Samuel A. Schneider, Washington, D. C.

Application Amst 1, 1933, Serial No. 683,207

3Claims.

This invention relates to improvements in hangers, and has for its object to provide means for preventing undue creasing of articles of clothing, or the like when hung for a considerable time upon a hanger.

A further object of the invention is to provide a tubular hanger so formed that it will not permit the article of clothing supported thereon to fall therefrom through the rolling o! the tube.

With the above and such other objects in view as may hereinafter more fully appear, I have invented the device shown in the accompanying drawing, in which: l

Figure 1 isan elevational view of a clothes hanger, illustrating one embodiment of niv invention; Figure 2 is a section on line 2-2 thereof; lFigure 3 is a similar view, showing a changed position of my device; 1

4 Figure `4 is a section on line 4-4 of Figure 1; and v Figure 5 is a section online 5-5 thereof.l Like reference characters indicate like parts. throughout the followingspecitlcation, and in the several views in the drawing, in which, 1 indicates a clothes hanger, illustrating one embodiment of my invention, which ycomprises an ordinary wire hanger 2, having a horizontal portion 3, and inclined portions 4 and 5. Mounted upon. the horizontal portion 3, is a relatively large tubular member 6, substantially as long as the member 3. The edges 7 and 8 of Asaicl tubular member are bent inwardlyland form abutting iianges, the purpose of which is to limit the rotary movement of the member 6, in either direction upon said member 3 whereby'when an article oi clothing, such as a pair o! trousers, is hung over the member 6, the said tube can turn only a short distance before it will be checked in its move- 40 ment by the member 3, engaging against one or the`other of the flange abutments 'l and 8. Due -to the relatively large diameter o! the member 6, no crease will be formed in the said apparel even if it remains indefinitely suspended upon said member 6, whereas, lif the member 6 were not mounted on the hanger, and the said apparel supported merely by the member 3, a crease would be formed in the goods through remaining thereon for even a comparatively short time.

Mounted upon the inclining arms 4 vand 5 of the hanger 2, are tubular members 9 and 10 being similar in construction to the tube 6 except for the fact that they are slightly tapered, the purpose of said members 9 and 10 being to prevent creasing of the shoulder portions of a coat or `of the metal from which the tube 6 is formed, is 65 suchV that when the part 11 is placed upon the wire 3, or the like, the ilanges 7 and 8 will readily spread apart to permit the entrance of said wire after which the said iianges will again clam together.

It is obvious lthat the member 6 may be made of an ordinary tube split lengthwise on one side, with rings which, in appearance, would be as Figures 2 and 3, placed adjacent the ends of the tubes, ywiththe terminals of the rings inserted in said split.V

Having describedrmy invention, that which 'I claim to be new and desire to procure by Letters Patent, "is: p

1. In a garment hanger, the combination with the horizontal and inclined supports' thereof, of longitudinally split tubular members adapted to support articles of clothing thereon without creasing same, said tubular members having inwardly projecting nanges which provide means for checking dislocation of 'said members with respect to said horizontal and inclined supports. 2. .In a garment hanger, the combination with at least one of the supporting surfaces thereof, of a longitudinally split tubular member adapted to support articles of clothing thereon'without substantially creasing the same, said tubular member having inwardly projecting anges which provide means .for checking dislocation of said members with respect to said support.

3. In a garment supporting means, the combination with a supporting surface, of a longitudinally split tubular member adapted to support articles of clothing thereon without substantially creasing the same, said tubular member having inwardly projecting iianges which provide means for checking dislocation of said members with respect to said supporting surface.

s SAMUEL A. sommen. 

